Hammock attachment



(No Model.)

I. E. PALMER. HAMMOGK ATTACHMENT.

No. 595,337. Patented Dec. 14,1897.

UNiTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC E. PALMER, OF MIDDLETO\VN, CONNECTICUT.

HAMMOCK ATTACHM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,337, dated December 14, 1897. Application filed August 10, 1897. Serial No. 647,689. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, ISAAC E. PALMER, of Middletown, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hammock Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in hammock attachments with the object in view of providing an adjustable foot-rest for the hammock, the means for adjusting the foot-rest being within convenient reach of the occupant of the hammock, whereby the feet may be raised and lowered at will without requiring the occupant to leave his or her position within the hammock.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents in plan the hammock with one form of my improved means for ad justing the foot of the hammock. Fig. 2 represents a side view of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 represent plan views of modified forms of foot'adjusting means, and Fig. 5 represents an enlarged detailed view'of the clamping-hook which secures the adjusting-cord in any desired position along the suspensioncord.

The hammock-body is denoted by A; the foot by a, to which is secured a hammockhook a for the attachment of the adj ustingcord to be hereinafter described.

The seat-frame is denoted by B, and a suspension-cord 1) leads from its foot end at one side of the hammock-frame up through eyes in a supportinghook C and from thence back to the opposite side of the frame, where it may be secured in any suitable manner. The head end of the hammock may be supported in any suitable manner.

The adjusting-cord is denoted by D, and it is provided with a loop d in the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the inner portion of the said loop being secured to the hook a, the two sides of the cord which forms the loop being then extended outwardly and passed around a pair of lugs 0 upon the hook C, which lugs form suitable bearings for the said cord. The two sides of the loop are then brought together, and the balance of the cord D is extended in a single piece along the suspension-cord b to a point near the seat-frame and within convenient reach of the occupant of the hammock.

As the free end of the adjusting-cord D is drawn inwardly by the occupant the foot of the hammock is raised, and as the end of the cord is slid outwardly the foot of the hammock is lowered.

The means for adjusting the cord D along the suspension-cord b is as follows: A clamping-hook E is adapted to slide along the suspension-cord b when held perpendicularly to the said cord. The said hook E is provided with an eye 6, through which the suspensioncord Z2 passes, and the said hook is further provided with an offset, through which the free end of the adjusting-cord D is secured. When tension is removed from the cord D, the hook E may be easily slid along the cord h; but when tension is applied to the said cord D, as when the feet of the occupant rest upon the foot portion of the hammock-body, the hook E will be clamped against movement along the said suspension-cord. It will thus be seen that the foot of the hammock may be raised and lowered to the desired position and there automatically held against movement when released.

In the formshown in Fig. 3 the loop (Z is done away with, and the adj usting-cord D extends from the foot of the hammock in single form through the bearing in the hook Cback to a point near one side of the hammock with in reach of the occupant.

In the form shown in Fig. 4 there are two of these adjusting-cords, one leading from the foot of the hammock through a bearing in the hook C and from thence along the cord 1) to a point adjacent to one side of the seat-frame B and the other cord leading from the foot of the hammock through abearing in the hook C and from thence through a hook upon a cord 1), adjacent to the seat-frame upon the other side of the hammock.

What I claim is- 1. The combination with the body of ahammock, a seat-frame engaged therewith and suspension-cords therefor, of an adjusting cord leading from the foot of the hammock around the bearing and from thence to a point within the reach of the occupant of the hammock and means for securing the cord in its several adjustments for regulating the height of the foot portion of the hammock, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the body of the hammock, the seat-frame engaged therewith and suspension-cords for supporting the hammock, of a loop extending from the foot of the hammock through a suitable bearing, an adjusting-cord connected with the loop and extending back into a position Within reach of the occupant of the hammock and means for securing the adjusting-cord in its diiferent adjustments, substantially as set forth.

3. The combinationwith the body of the hammock, the seat-frame engaged therewith and suspension-cords for supporting the hammock, of an adjusting-cord extending from the foot of the hammock through a bearing and from thence to a point along one of the suspension-cords Within reach of the occupant and means for securing the adjustingcord at difierent positions along the suspension-cord, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with the body portion of the hammock, a seat-frame engaged therewith and suspension-cords for supporting the hammock, of an adj usting-cord leading from the foot of the hammock through a suitable bearing extending back in a position Within reach of the occupant and a sliding clampinghook secured to the adjustable cord and engaged with one of the suspension-cords for securing the said adjustable cord in any desired position along the suspension-cord, substantially as set forth.

ISAAC E. PALMER. 

